First On The Screen First On The Scene AKA… 1930

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Item title reads - First on the scene - first on the screen! Pathe cameraman secures pictures telling all too tragic story of fatal German airliner crash. Limpsfield, Surrey.

L/S of bits of wreckage strewn around the field, people stand around and look. Various shots of the fuselage and other...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
18947
Sort Number:
G 1701
Time in/Out:
01:19:46:00 / 01:21:25:00
Canister:
G 1701
Film ID:
824.13
Issue Date:
10/04/1930

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